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Title
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Patterson Family Papers
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Creator
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Patterson, William, 1806-1886
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Date Created
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1826, 1874
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Subjects--Topical
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Plantation life, Plantation owners, Slaveholders
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Description
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Papers of the Patterson family of northern Mecklenburg County, mainly concerning their business activities, real estate purchases, wills, and family correspondence. Includes documentation relating to African Americans enslaved by the Patterson fam...
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Title
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Patterson Family. William Patterson. Papers
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Creator
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Patterson, William, 1806-1886
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Date Created
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1826-09-09, 1872-04-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Plantation life, Plantation owners, Slaveholders, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Farm management, Armies, Swearing, Enslavement
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Description
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Includes a certificate for militia duty, a marriage license (Photostat), correspondence (concerning typhus fever outbreak among enslaved individuals on the plantation), and a legal complaint by William Patterson against Thomas M. Alexander for pro...
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Patterson Family. William Patterson. Receipts
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Creator
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Patterson, William, 1806-1886
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Date Created
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1827, 1868
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Subjects--Topical
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Plantation life, Plantation owners, Slaveholders, Farm management, Home economics, Enslavers
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Description
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Primarily receipts, I.O.U.s, and other financial documents about various purchases including medical services, weaving services, textiles, real estate, newspaper subscriptions, butter, eggs, cotton, school tuition, horses, and other farm animals. ...
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Patterson family. William Patterson. Freedmen and enslaved individuals
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Creator
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Patterson, William, 1806-1886
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Date Created
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1832, 1865
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Subjects--Topical
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Enslavers, Plantation life, Plantation owners, Slaveholders, Farm management, Slave bills of sale, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Enslaved persons--Emancipation, Sharecropping, Enslavement
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Description
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Includes slave bills-of-sale, correspondence regarding formerly enslaved people, correspondence regarding the Freedmen's Bureau, sharecropping terms offered to individuals formerly enslaved by William Patterson, and bartering and wage documentatio...
